Bowling Green had a varsity men's lacrosse program from 1965
to 1979 that was one of the mostsuccessful in NCAA
history, winning over 75 percent of its games. The team competed in
the Midwest Lacrosse Association that included Ohio State, Notre
Dame, Michigan, Michigan State and Denison.

Denny Vereb and Mike Wilcox organized a lacrosse reunion in
the fall, and over 50 players returned to the BGSU campus to renew
friendships and share Falcon lacrosse memories.

The following article is reprinted with the permission of
BGSU Magazine.

The ensuing video was produced by John Bowen, Class of 1974,
to commemorate the memory of lacrosse at Bowling Green.

They came, not for a banquet or an anniversary or a formal
event, but simply to reconnect, relive those glory years and
reaffirm their devotion to their coaches, their school and to the
program they built to put Bowling Green lacrosse on the national
map.

More than 50 players who were the core of the Bowling Green
men's lacrosse team during its brief but brilliant run in the 1960s
and 1970s gathered at the university on a recent weekend to honor
their legendary coach Mickey Cochrane, and to cast time aside.

“That was part of the magic for me -- that so many guys
wanted to come back to Bowling Green and just celebrate,”
Cochrane said. “For those few days, we were just one big team
again.”

BGSU lacrosse won more than 75 percent of its games and three
Midwest Lacrosse Association championships in its hey day.

“The program had an amazing amount of success,” said
Dennis Vereb. “And that was the product of putting together a
quality group of guys with some great coaches. We were a team and a
family, and clearly we still are.”

The Falcons were ranked in the top 25 nationally in five different
seasons, and at one point in the mid-1970s won 27 straight league
games.

“Playing lacrosse at Bowling Green was all about working
hard and showing your true character,” said Pete Farrell.
“Our coaches showed us we had what it takes to get things
done.”

Five Falcon lacrosse coaches and players are in the BGSU Athletics
Hall of Fame -- Cochrane, Farrell, Mike Wilcox, Chuck Winters, John
Brizendine.

“I knew nothing about the place, but I came here because
Bowling Green had a great lacrosse program, and being a part of
this changed my life,” said Wilcox, a former BGSU
All-American and current chairman of the US Lacrosse Foundation
Board.

“Coming back and reliving those days -- it‘s a
marvelous gift they have given to all of us,” Cochrane
said.